IGMP Snooping

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ekhalil wrote:

Or do you want the IPTV to only be attached wirelessly to Orbi?

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...or wired to an Orbi satellite?

...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wired-only backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wireless backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected mixed config backhaul?

I fear all this would require a proper IGMP Multicast handling over the complete system -  strongly doubt there is anything the like. In my opinion, and with the eye on the very fast deploying IGMP Multicast based live IPTV solutions, a bigger design error.

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schumaku wrote:

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...or wired to an Orbi satellite?

...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wired-only backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wireless backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected mixed config backhaul?

 

I fear all this would require a proper IGMP Multicast handling over the complete system -  strongly doubt there is anything the like. In my opinion, and with the eye on the very fast deploying IGMP Multicast based live IPTV solutions, a bigger design error.

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I agree that the VLAN implementation is currently limited in Orbi and still needs to cover wireless connectivity as well as being extended to the Satellites and not limited to Router's LAN.

No word of VLAN. I'm just talking of a proper ICMP Multicast implementation on the LAN side - a LAN implemented and backed by an Orbi solution.  Granted, the ISP might run their IPTV traffic on a dedicated VLAN - but once it's on the users NATed LAN, it's no longer VLANed. Just to avoid more confusion 8-)

Even if reading the supplied documentation forth and back, I can't see any indications which kind of set-up are supposed on the user LAN side to work with this IGMP Proxy resp, the customized IGMP for BT. Can't find any related KB entries, too. Reads like yet another barely tested, or Beta tested feature. Gee Netgear, shame on you! So where are the project and product line manager here please?

I did at one point try to set my Orbi up with VLAN but couldn´t get it to work. I have no idea of which VLAN ID or priority to use. Later, I discovered that the ISP router is not set up with VLAN. See additional info I scanned from the ISP router settings (while not connected to the Internet). My IPTV set up box (STB) uses ethernet only connection (no wifi).

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Noroddveien wrote:

I did at one point try to set my Orbi up with VLAN but couldn´t get it to work. I have no idea of which VLAN ID or priority to use. Later, I discovered that the ISP router is not set up with VLAN. See additional info I scanned from the ISP router settings (while not connected to the Internet). My IPTV set up box (STB) uses ethernet only connection (no wifi).

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Thanks for sharing the router configuration. You are right, it seems that there is no VLAN configiration in the router.

Can you please check the network settings in the IPTV STB. Isn't there any VLAN or IGMP settings?

Just to clarify to  the questions above, the Norwegian (and most Swedish/Danish that I have tested) ISP's are running clean IGMP Snooping in blocking with no VLAN tagging what so ever. This is by far the simplest way to run it aswell. (some older PPP xDSL solutions might need it doh)

Should think this would be an easy addon to the already existing SW running on the ORBI's?

Most of the large ISP's in Norway (where I live), never use any VLAN tagging. This has been testet on several different models, I even tested this before writing this post to make sure nothing was changed. Asus RT router, simply by enabling IGMP proxy and snooping and the TV works on all LAN ports. Tested this with two different ISP's, both works fine. No VLAN tagging or other changes was made.

I checked the STB (ADB-5743CDX) but couldn’t see any VLAN og IGMP settings there at all. There was something described as MHP-profile=Enhanced Broadcast but I have no idea what that is.

Yeah they are what u can call dumb stbs, it's a good thing in a way that the CPE will sort everything, but then when u get a CPE withouth the settins, u are kinda stuck. Never seen a norwegian STB with vlan tagging in the box.

Thanks, ProZac, I think you hit the nail on the head here.

No VLAN tagging - only IGMP proxy and snooping (blocking mode).

I definitely hope NG updates the RBR50 firmware soon.

Wouldn’t think NG wants to lag behind others here.

In the meantime, I have set up the ISP router in bridge mode, deactivated DHCP and connected it to my RBR50 router.  I can then keep my home network as before but connect the TV to the ISP router.

However, it forces me to use the ISP router which I want to avoid. 

Hi, I am landing here through the search engine, I have a bluesound streaming multi room devices, and I have some struggle to have constant quality. I raised the concern with Bluesound and the suggest me to make some changes in the my orbi config. 

- IGMP snooping should be on (as it groups the device broadcasting multicast traffic with ...). 

- Also Multicast should be on

QOS and WMM shoud be fully disabled.

Wireless band steering should be fully disable

Wireless isolation should be fully disable

I only manage to disable WMM but do not know how to for IGMP, Multticast, band steering and wireless isolation. 

Any chance to get some helps from you ? 

Thanks 

olivier